I. A relationship of serving, of working, of doing (even before saving) - Adam
• Tend the Garden (Adam)
• Build the Ark (Noah)
• Leave your Home (Abraham)
• Lead My People (Moses)
• Leave Egypt (Exodus)
• Love Your Neighbor (Leviticus)
• Love Me (Deuteronomy)
• Cross the Jordan (Joshua)
• Rebuild My Temple (Go get wood)
• Matthew 7:24-27; James 1:22-24
• Hebrews 11
• If you love Me then KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS
• WHY DO YOU CALL ME LORD, LORD AND NOT DO THE THINGS THAT I SAY (Luke 6:46) - not talking to the Pharisees • God-honoring works not self-honoring works.
• The Book of Romans begins and ends with the phrase “obedience of faith,” AND it is connected to reaching the nations (Haggai 2)
• Romans 1:1-7; Romans 16:17-27
The Past Temple / The Present Temple / The Future Temples (Heb. 11)
= Message One - God’s Judgment and the call to rebuild the Temple - chap. 1
= Message Two - God’s Prophetic Promise of the Future Glory of the Temple - 2:1-9
= Message Three - God’s Requirement of Priestly Purity - 2:10-19
= Message Four - God’s Re-establishing of the Messianic Line - 2:20-23 (Matthew 1:13)
I. The Material (wood) - Ezra 5:8; Nehemiah 8:15
1. In the mountains of Jerusalem?
2. King of Tyre (Hiram)- I Kings 5:1-18
3. Cedars of Lebanon - Ezra 3:7
II. The Purposes -
1. That God be pleased - Scripture (John 8:29; Ephesians 5:10; Philippians 4:18; Colossians 1:9-10;
2. That God be glorified - I Kings 8
3. We are His Temple - I Cor 3:16; 6:18-20; I Thessalonians 4:1; I Timothy 2:3; 5:4; Titus 2:9; Hebrews 13:15-16; 20-21 (Is God pleased and glorified in us?)
